Fielding would be even worse.

Fielding would be even worse.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

Yeah, I see your and RR's point but I often wonder if the variance of play at the next tier is less than that at the extreme pinnacle. People like to say there are only 10 or so truly great QBs, and those outliers greatly determine the success of a team. If you removed the cream of the crop, would the competitive balance be better, or like you say, would the quality just be overall bad?

Problem is, the guys that struggle to hit even them will be the other group of guys coming up. Enjoy your Kane Co. Cougars, I'll pass.

There are millions of people willing to step in who wouldn't have this petulant, shitty attitude. The irony of a bunch of millionaire athletes, jobs that only fifty years ago required an off-season job as supplemental income, denouncing how broken America is and how it doesn't work for them You have gotta be shitting me.

Either way pull a bunch of D-1 athletes up. College football is great, everyone loves it. There's more than enough talent, and in any case I am getting a little bored of "New fast guy! Faster than the last fast guy! Watch as everyone flails around gameplanning for the fast guy!", I dont need the best athletes to be a giant Bears homer.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

Class A ball is the worst. Might as well go watch a high school game. I'd rather watch a high school game.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

Yeah, I see your and RR's point but I often wonder if the variance of play at the next tier is less than that at the extreme pinnacle. People like to say there are only 10 or so truly great QBs, and those outliers greatly determine the success of a team. If you removed the cream of the crop, would the competitive balance be better, or like you say, would the quality just be overall bad?

I went to a Schaumburg Flyers game once. That was some of the worst baseball I ever witnessed. You would probably see more talent at a high school game.

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.

That's the thing. The Flyers would smoke any high school team. The levels to this stuff very greatly.

Yeah, I see your and RR's point but I often wonder if the variance of play at the next tier is less than that at the extreme pinnacle. People like to say there are only 10 or so truly great QBs, and those outliers greatly determine the success of a team. If you removed the cream of the crop, would the competitive balance be better, or like you say, would the quality just be overall bad?

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

Overall quality would be bad which is the argument that I often make regarding college basketball.

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.

The overall quality doesn't look as bad when the other teams are also not as good. I maan Henry Burris is a Canadian football legend.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

It would if you were accustomed to watching a higher quality of play. I doubt seriously that 70,000 people would pack Soldiers Field to watch CFL football if it ever became the norm.

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.

With NFL coaches and NFL """strength and conditioning"""" you could definitely make a watchable pro game out of D-1 athletes. There's really no doubt.

If every team had CFL quality players it wouldn't take long before people did not notice the difference.

watchable. great threshold.

It would take at least a decade

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.

It has been the norm for around 30 years.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

A year or two at most. The NFL will be a shit show the first few weeks this year due to lack of padded practice and preseason. No one will care.

It would take at least a decade

We basically get replacement players every year and people either dont notice or dont care about the dropoff in play. It is considered remarkable if a team doesn't lose one or more of their best players for the entire season due to injury, much less the week-to-week injuries that lead to guys not suiting up that happens to everyone.

Ian Rappaport has made a career out of waking up at 4AM on Sundays and finding out all the "surprise" inactives around the NFL. Its a next man up kind of league.

No one will because because the NFL is annually a shitshow in September. If folks knew it wasn't going to round into form, people would care.

Sure, maybe the super casual fans and the chicks like Julie who don't really watch sports wouldn't notice, but if you're a regular consumer of any league and it switched to minor league talent league wide, I think you're crazy to suggest that wouldn't affect fandom. I have no interest in watching the Charlotte Knights. If that was the best team I could root for I'd find something else to do with my summers.

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.

No one will because because the NFL is annually a shitshow in September. If folks knew it wasn't going to round into form, people would care.

Sure, maybe the super casual fans and the chicks like Julie who don't really watch sports wouldn't notice, but if you're a regular consumer of any league and it switched to minor league talent league wide, I think you're crazy to suggest that wouldn't affect fandom. I have no interest in watching the Charlotte Knights. If that was the best team I could root for I'd find something else to do with my summers.

If Packers had the best replacement level team in the NFL you would not care about the quality.